As soon as he heard that these internal guards were here to order meals, and that they wanted to order 300 lunch boxes at once, Shen Lie was slightly stunned, and then felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.
Shen Lie hurriedly put on his smiling face and chatted with these handsome eunuchs: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
The young eunuch said humbly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
After some pleasantries.
Shen Lie looked at these handsome and elegant eunuchs and couldn't help but marvel in his heart. Not only were these eunuchs from the palace very handsome, but they also talked well and had a very kind attitude.
These few people did not rely on their status as internal guards at all, and put on a domineering attitude.
This elegant stall makes people's eyes brighter, giving it a feeling of spring breeze. It looks like those little fresh meats and pure little milk dogs of later generations.
The images of these eunuchs simply overturned Shen Lie's cognition. They were different from the arrogant eunuchs in TV series. It seemed that TV series were all lies.
Or maybe those wretched-looking eunuchs and crooked palace maids were only found in the Qing Dynasty...
Who knows.
While chatting with these internal supervisors, Shen Lie, who was hit by the big order falling from the sky, could not hide his surprise.
It was indeed what he expected.
Potatoes are such a magical ingredient, and the delicacies made from potatoes can dominate the catering industry in later generations and become popular all over the world. This is not just a rumor!
When potatoes, a magical crop, meet the splendid Chinese food culture, the attraction that bursts out is naturally amazing.
In various Chinese cuisines and with the masterful hands of chefs, endless delicious dishes have been developed and become the most important ingredients in the Chinese food system.
During the conversation.
When the handsome young man saw that Shen Lie had accepted the banknote, he reminded him very kindly: "If you'd like to bother the shopkeeper, please order a few coins and issue a receipt so that we can go back and pay the errand."
Shen Lie quickly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and responded repeatedly: "Please, please come in quickly."
Shen Lie quickly took out the key and opened the door, letting his father-in-law into the store, then took out a pen and paper, wrote down a receipt, and signed it...
After handing the receipt to the handsome young eunuch, Shen Lie smiled again and said, "Sit down, everyone. I'm going to make tea right now."
The handsome eunuch smiled warmly and hugged Shen Lie: "I won't bother the shopkeeper anymore. I have official duties to attend to, so I'll take my leave."
After saying that, several young eunuchs left in a hurry.
Shen Lie sent a few people to the entrance of the alley, looked at the backs of the young eunuchs, and greeted with a smile on his face: "Guys, go slowly... come again!"
As soon as he turned around and rushed into the store, Shen Lie rushed into the counter in three steps at a time, picked up the stack of banknotes and kissed them hard several times.
Separate the banknotes one by one, put the small ones into the counter, put the large ones into your wide sleeves, and look at the ticket number that smelled of ink on the banknotes.
Shen Lie smiled crookedly. He never expected that his box lunch business would reach the palace so quickly. It must be that the reputation of this box lunch spread from Beizhen Fusi.
My heart is filled with joy and there is no one around.
Shen Lie finally let out a hearty laugh and began to calculate quickly in his heart.
Taking into account the low cost of growing potatoes, the selling price of a box is 80 cents. After deducting labor costs and rent, the profit is still more than 50%!
Such a terrible profit margin is simply a miracle in the catering industry!
In the future, when potatoes are cultivated on a large scale...
Shen Lie's face turned into a flower with a smile.
After a while, when Yun'er, Aunt Li and others arrived at the store, Shen Lie cheered up and announced the good news.
Then Shen Lie announced on the spot that everyone would get a wage increase.
Everyone’s wages are doubled!
After a burst of cheers rang out in the small shop, the helpers who had received a salary increase were full of energy and started busy preparing the ingredients, and soon they were sweating profusely.
After all, making five hundred box lunches every day is still a lot of work.
Busy.
Time soon came to the next morning.
It's three o'clock in the morning.
Shen Lie divided the people into two groups, and one group went to Fusi, Beizhen, to deliver food. He personally took the people and pushed the flatbed cart to the outside of the Meridian Gate.
Sure enough yesterday, the young eunuch and a dozen people were waiting outside the Meridian Gate early.
Delivered three hundred box lunches.
Shen Lie pretended to wipe his sweat, looked up at the tall Meridian Gate, and looked at the mighty Imperial Guards on the tall palace wall, and couldn't help but have wild thoughts in his mind.
After passing the Meridian Gate, you will reach the Forbidden City.
Looking up at the tall Meridian Gate, the city wall more than ten meters high, and the various defense facilities, Shen Lie had mixed feelings for a moment.
This is not the Forbidden City he has visited before, but the truly authentic Forbidden City!
This city corresponds to Ziweiyuan, where the Emperor of Heaven lived in medieval astrology, and is regarded as the center of the world by people all over the world.
Looking at the stern palace walls, I imagined the majestic palaces, beautiful gardens, solemn Buddhist halls, exquisite stages, and flowing rivers...
Shen Lie was deeply shocked!
Soon Shen Lie thought of the young emperor who was in the rebellious stage and had a very bad temper, so he did not dare to stay in front of the Meridian Gate for any longer.
After delivering the three hundred box lunches, Shen Lie pushed the flatbed truck and left quickly.
After a while.
In the palace, he is the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
In the quiet official hall, the gray-haired eunuch Feng Baoduan sat upright at the table, reading a report from the cabinet.
What kind of place is the Supervisor of Ceremonies?
This ceremonial supervisor was originally one of the "Twelve Supervisors" in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty who managed eunuchs and palace affairs. It was first placed in the 17th year of Hongwu, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
There are eunuchs such as admirals, palm seals, pen pens, and attendants.
The admiral eunuch is responsible for supervising all etiquette, criminal names and management in the imperial city, and is responsible for handling various affairs. The eunuch is known as the "first department".
As the head of the twelve imperial guards, it can be said that he has great power.
Especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperor often asked the ceremonial supervisor to review on his behalf.
In this way, the great eunuch, who was the head of the inner court, could directly intervene in the central decision-making of the Ming Dynasty, and even controlled such formidable spy agencies as Dongchang and Xichang.
The emperor also firmly controlled the civil and military officials and maintained the imperial power in his hands through the Imperial Guards, Internal Supervisors, Dongchang, and Xichang.
As a result, the inner court, the Jin Yiwei and the civil servants formed an irreconcilable conflict, deducing a series of grievances and resentments.
Outside the quiet official hall.
The day is empty.
A large number of internal eunuchs were busy, bringing back all kinds of meals from outside the palace. Soon, the courtyard of the ceremonial eunuch was filled with various food boxes.
Each exquisite food box has the name of each restaurant written on it.
There are those who live in drunken immortality, and there are those who are food-oriented...
These are all famous restaurants in the capital, and their reused food boxes are very beautifully made, without exception, made of fine mahogany.
The exquisite food box has compartments inside for holding meals.
Next to the mahogany food boxes of these large restaurants, there are also a pile of poplar food boxes wrapped in oil paper. These are naturally the disposable lunch boxes of Bianyifang.
As soon as it was time to eat, groups of internal prisoners came out of each room and began to receive their own meals.
The Forbidden City is really too big.
During this period, the Forbidden City had tens of thousands of rooms, and how many people lived there? There were tens of thousands of eunuchs alone, and seven to eight thousand palace maids.
Plus the emperor, nobles, queen mother, empress...
There are nearly 20,000 people eating and drinking in the entire Forbidden City, which is larger than a small county town. The imperial kitchen alone cannot meet the needs of 20,000 people.